“A Time to Rebuild”

Theme for 2022-2024 Biennium

October 15, 2022 Winfield Community Center

Saturday 8:30 a.m. Winfield, Alabama

Mary H. Alexander Scholarship Recipient

Deborah Hankins

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Then Help yourself to Breakfast:
Sausage Biscuits with Jelly
Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Water
Enjoy the fun fall decorations
while you visit with each other
before the meeting begins.

Breakfast Was a Great Idea!

A big THANK YOU to the Hostesses!
Amy Duckworth (Chairman), Tabatha Mays (Co-chairman), and Leslie Botzer,
Debbie Chaffin, and Gracie Franks.
 2nd vice-Presidents Kaye Carr and Rhonda Mordecai called the meeting to order and the
Collect of Delta Kappa Gamma was read.
Chapter Business included the minutes from the last meeting, the financial report from
Treasurer Peggy Wood, the Rules/Policies Committee update, and donations of items
needed by the Domestic Violence Task Force of Marion County.

The membership committee sadly shared that Alpha Tau Chapter lost two members in
September. Members were asked to keep Miss Ilean Myers’ family and Stacie White’s
family in their prayers.

Ilean Myers Stacie White

Inducted 1982 Inducted 2019

The August 29, 2022 meeting minutes were approved by chapter vote.
Members were reminded of the December 3, 2022 meeting and of upcoming
Chapter Projects and Assigned Committees.
Chandler Mordecai spoke about domestic violence and thanked members
for the many donations and the continued support of the Task Force and
the new SafePlace Shelter through Alpha Tau Chapter’s Project VIII.

L to R: Amy Duckworth, Peggy Wood, Dr. Barbara Miller, Debbie Ingle

L to R:
Deborah Hankins
Chandler Mordecai
Rhonda Mordecai
Dr. Barbara Miller
Rannette Dean

L to R: Robin Butler, Rannette Dean, Peggy Wood, Kaye Carr,

Deborah Hankins, Victoria Hankins, Chandler Mordecai
 Amy Guin
Karen Atkinson

The first Mary H. Alexander Scholarship

(formerly Alpha Tau Scholarship) was
awarded to Deborah Hankins on February 2,
2019.
Chapter members pursuing post-graduate
studies are eligible to apply for this
scholarship.

Through the scholarship that Alpha Tau

provided, Deborah completed her Ed.S in
Early Childhood Education at the University
of West Alabama in December 2021.

Deborah has been able to apply what she has

learned to meet the evolving needs of her K-
3rd grade students.

Deborah has used that knowledge to help convert research into applied strategies to not
only help her students but to share it with other teachers who are welcome to observe in her
classroom. She combines this training, along with her Multisensory Structured Literacy
Education training, to utilize new strategies and pinpoint what is effective literacy
instruction. She believes that all her students have benefited from the training she received.
L to R: Amy Guin, Victoria Hankins, Amy Duckworth, Deborah Hankins,
Chandler and Rhonda Mordecai, Robin Butler, Dr. Barbara Miller

L to R: Victoria Hankins, Karen Atkinson (in back), Amy Duckworth,

Deborah Hankins, Chandler and Rhonda Mordecai, Robin Butler,
Dr. Barbara Miller
 L to R: Dr. Barbara Miller, Peggy Wood, Kaye Carr, Debbie Ingle

The meeting closed with members singing the Delta Kappa Gamma Song
led by Dr. Barbara Miller.